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July
18, 2019
Simon Yates wins, Alaphilippe
keeps yellow.
"Simon
Yates goes long and wins!
Yates made sure he was first into the last turn and then managed to hold off Bilbao on his left." (cyclingnews.com) July
18, 2019
Rohan Dennis abandons Tour under
mysterious circumstances.
"Rohan
Dennis (Bahrain Merida) pulled out of the Tour
de France in the middle of stage 12 without
explanation, even to his own team." (cyclingtips.com)
(Photo: Kristof Ramon)
July
18, 2019
Bahrain Merida launch
investigation after Rohan Dennis quits.
"Our
priority is the welfare of all our riders so
will launch an immediate investigation but
will not be commenting further until we have
established what has happened to @RohanDennis.
Meantime we continue to support our riders who
are mid-race."
(cyclingnews.com)
July
18, 2019
Tour Stage Twelve Preview: Your GC
Battle Starts Right Here!.
"The
GC battle does not start here. Unfortunately,
this looks set to be the stage of the Tour
where we start hearing the words “killing” and
“cycling” used consecutively and frequently." (podiumcafe.com)
JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images
July
18, 2019
John Lee, 90, claims fourth hour
record.
"John
Lee, 90, has set a new hour record at Welwyn
track, his 18.057 miles officially a greater
distance than any man his age has ever
recorded on an outdoor track."
(cyclingweekly.com) Simon Smythe
July
18, 2019
Tour de France 2019 Live
Dashboard.
"2019
Tour de France LIVE July 6-28.
Stage
13 start time: Friday 14:00 CET (5:00 AM PDT).
Earliest live video: 14:00 CET (5:00 AM PDT). Approximate finish: 17:54 CET (8:54 AM PDT)." (cyclingfans.com) (steephill.tv) July
18, 2019
Tour Stage Thirteen Preview: Time
to Find Out Where we Stand.
"I’d
describe the twenty-seven kilometer course as
“flat enough.” It’s rolling but there’s not
enough in it to make this anything but a pure
time-trial. It’s of a length that a GC
contender on a bad day will lose about two
minutes to his best rival."
(podiumcafe.com) Icon Sport/Icon Sport via
Getty Images
July
18, 2019
Portal says Thomas and Bernal will
not race each other in TT.
"According
to their rivals, Team Ineos are already riding
this year's Tour de France as if they're in
the lead, but on stage 13 the defending
champions will have the chance to stamp their
authority over the race in the 27.2km time
trial around Pau."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July
18, 2019
Column
Two
Tour de France 2019 stage 12
finish line quotes.
"So
far I've been saving energy until we got here
in the mountains. This was my first chance to
try something. Normally I'd be back in the
peloton helping Adam, but today I had my own
change and I grabbed it with both hands." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
July
18, 2019
Top Banana: Tour de France stage
12 - Matteo Trentin.
"While
his team-mate Simon Yates was receiving
deserved backslaps for, as Le Tour website put
it “completing his Grand Tour trilogy”, I
found myself sparing a thought for his
team-mate Matteo Trentin."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Offside / l'Equipe
July
18, 2019
A four-way challenge: Tour de
France hits the Pyrenees.
"We're
finally here. After 11 days of steadily rising
expectations - and not a few unexpectedly
intense skirmishes - the Tour de France's
first series of general classification battles
will begin in the Pyrenees. Come Sunday
evening, a clear outline of each contender's
real chances for victory in Paris will be
established once and for all."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July
18, 2019
2020 Tour Down Under routes
unveiled.
"The
2020 Tour Down Under will once again feature
Willunga Hill on the final day of racing, with
organizers keen to keep the suspense and
excitement going to the last day of racing of
the opening WorldTour race of the season." (cyclingnews.com)
(Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
July
18, 2019
Michael Woods breaks two ribs in
Tour de France crash.
"Michael
Woods has had a rocky debut at the Tour de
France. The 32-year-old Ottawa-native has hit
the deck at least three times in the first 12
stages of the French Grand Tour. After Stage
12, it was revealed he had broken two ribs in
a crash the day before."
(cyclingmagazine.ca) (Instagram)
July
18, 2019
Lotto Soudal team suffers major
theft from team hotel after Tour de France stage
11.
"The
WorldTour team were staying at a hotel in
Blagnac, near Toulouse where stage 11 finished
on Wednesday when they suffered the theft of
equipment estimated to be worth around
€50,000, according to French newspaper La
Depeche."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July
18, 2019
More than 22,300 respond to UCI
survey on appeal of road cycling.
"The
online survey was only available between
Wednesday 10th July and Tuesday 16th July, but
in that time residents of 134 countries from
five continents took part."
(cyclist.co.uk) George Smith
July
18, 2019
I Invented a thing! Check out Ice
Legs.
"This
took me two years which is a little
embarrassing because it’s super simple, but I
love ice baths for recovery and pain relief,
but hate the mess and inconvenience, so I’ve
solved that problem."
(philthethrill.net)
July
18, 2019
The death of exposed cables? 2019
Tour de France pro bikes rated for front end
tidiness.
"Nowadays,
even some of the most entry-level bikes you
can pickup for a few hundred quid often have
some of the gear and brake cables routed
through the frame - and it's been a good few
years since we've seen fully external cables
on a pro bike at the Tour de France." (road.cc) (Jack
Sexty)
July
18, 2019
First ride review: Colnago V3Rs.
"Over
the gravelly, chalk roads Tuscany is famous
for the V3Rs’s stability stood out. While it
was no doubt ably supported by the bike’s
capacity to run wide tires our route
immediately took us on to a 6km section of
white gravel and I was able to navigate the
unfamiliar, loose surface with confidence." (cyclist.co.uk)
Sam Challis
July
18, 2019
Reviewed: Wilier Triestina Jena
Carbon Gravel Bike.
"The
Jena’s large, shaped tubes certainly don’t
offer visual hints of a lightweight bike, but
Wilier Triestina reports that a size medium
painted frame weighs just 995 grams, with a
companion fork tipping the scales at 450
grams."
(cxmagazine.com) A. Yee
July
18, 2019
Column
Three
July
18, 2019
Sliding doors: The legacy of
Cobo’s delayed relegation.
"The
2011 Vuelta was striking for two reasons - the
stratospheric speed at which some of its
climbs were raced, and the out-of-nowhere win
by Cobo, riding for an unfancied Pro
Continental team in his homeland’s biggest
race."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by Cor Vos
July
18, 2019
‘It’s pretty s***’: Wout Poels
crowned winner of Angliru stage at 2011 Vuelta a
España after Juan José Cobo doping revelation.
"Speaking
at the Tour de France 2019, Dutchman Poels,
who was then riding for Vacansoleil DCM told
Cycling Weekly: “If you look back it’s pretty
s*** that it’s true he was cheating."
(cyclingweekly.com)(Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
July
18, 2019
CCC Liv counting on Marianne Vos
to win La Course.
"Marianne
Vos (CCC Liv) has a lot of pressure on her
shoulders ahead of La Course by Le Tour de
France. Her team is relying on her to bring
her dominant form from the Giro Rosa, where
she won four of the 10 stages, to the new
puncheur-style one-day race in Pau on Friday." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
July
18, 2019
Gallopin and Gougeard extend
contracts with AG2R La Mondiale - Transfer
shorts.
"It's
vital for the stability of the team that we
extend contracts with riders whose strengths
and talent are very important to us," said
team manager Vincent Lavenu in a press
release."
(cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images)
July
18, 2019
Montana Cross Camp: Montana’s Disa
Doherty Checks in from Helena.
"Some
young athletes fall in love with cyclocross
the first time they try it. Others, well, it’s
a good thing they have perseverance.
Missoula’s Disa Doherty falls into the latter
camp in that regard."
(cxmagazine.com) Z. Schuster
July
18, 2019
Tour de France 2019: The Trainers
& Power Meters.
"Friday
marks the second time trial of the Tour de
France, this one an individual time trial,
versus the team time trial of the opening
weekend. While that’s a substantial difference
from an athletic standpoint, the underlying
technology used by these teams remains the
same - at least when it comes to the trainers
and power meters. Well, minus one exception
we’ll get into."
(dcrainmaker.com)
July
18, 2019
Cervelo Aspero first-ride review:
The go-fast gravel bike.
"Claimed
weight for a painted 56cm frame with hardware
is 1,110g, plus 450g for the matching fork -
both in carbon fiber, of course. And yes, of
course, the frame is designed to be highly
efficient under power."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by James Huang,
Gruber Images, and Cervelo
July
18, 2019
Thyssenkrupp Steelworks to
revolutionize bike manufacture in lightweight
steel.
"Setting
out to revolutionize how bike frames are
manufactured is a pretty lofty goal. But
Thyssenkrupp Steelworks claim their new sheet
steel process maximizes frame stiffness on par
with carbon, while maintaining steel’s
signature comfortable ride."
(bikerumor.com) (c. thyssenkrupp Steelworks
& Red Dot)
July
18, 2019
Column
One
July
17, 2019
Tour de France: Caleb Ewan wins
stage 11.
"Groenewegen
launches with 250 meters to go! Ewan just
edged it by centimeters. It's his first Tour
de France stage victory!
Viviani took third, Sagan fourth." (cyclingnews.com) (Getty Images) July
17, 2019
George Bennett frustrated as
'accumulation of errors' shoves him down Tour de
France standings.
"Amid
the celebrations at the Jumbo Visma bus on
Monday in Albi, where Wout Van Aert had given
the team their fourth win in 10 stages at this
Tour de France, it was easy to forget about
George Bennett."
(cyclingnews.com) (Josh Evans)
July
17, 2019
Fair game or unnecessary? The dark
arts of blocking the road.
"Amid
the usual fines for illegal feeds and overly
public toilet stops, we've seen the UCI reach
deep into its regulations for Article
2.12.007/6.1: 'Obstruction from a rider to
stop the progress of another rider'." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
July
17, 2019
Tour de France Stage 11: A
Transitional Day Before the Pyrenees.
"The
day begins in Foix and winds its way
southwest, covering two categorized climbs
before the Intermediate Sprint in Gaillac. The
second half of the stage is flat to rolling,
but the breakaway should get caught in time
for teams like Deceuninck Quick Step, Lotto
Soudal, and Jumbo Visma to set up their
sprinters (Elia Viviani, Caleb Ewan, and Dylan
Groenewegen) to battle for the win." (bicycling.co.za)
Whit Yost
July
17, 2019
Visualizing the 2019 Tour de
France: The ups and downs of the first ‘week’.
"Throughout
this year’s Tour de France CyclingTips
VeloClub member Cameron Harris has been
putting his data journalism skills to work to
help us make sense of the race. He’s created a
bunch of charts that illustrate various
aspects of the Tour in a way that a results
sheet simply can’t."
(cyclingtips.com) Cameron Harris
July
17, 2019
Column
Two
Katusha owner Makarov could
partially self-fund team in 2020.
"The
Katusha Alpecin saga has taken another turn,
as reports suggest that team owner Igor
Makarov is determined to keep the Swiss team
running next season even if no co-sponsor is
found."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July
17, 2019
Five talking points from stage 11.
"Today’s
result has been years in the making. The
Australian first displayed his sprinting
talent on the world stage way back in 2012,
when, as a fresh-faced 18-year old, he won
silver at the World Championships Junior road
race."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July
17, 2019
Road furniture: the evolution of
obstacles at the Tour de France.
"Ever
gone for a drive in France and wondered: why
am I getting dizzy? It’s probably because you
can barely go a few kilometres without going
through a roundabout."
(sbs.com.au) Rob Arnold
July
17, 2019
Gianni Savio: Egan Bernal can win
the Tour de France.
"Geraint
Thomas (Team Ineos) won the 2018 Tour de
France and seems perfectly placed to defend
his title after 10 days of this year's race,
but Gianni Savio is convinced that the
Welshman's understudy and younger teammate
Egan Bernal will go on to win the 2019 Tour." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
July
17, 2019
The Best Gear and Custom Equipment
of the Tour de France.
"The
Tour de France is the star around which the
rest of the cycling universe revolves. Riders
plan their annual training around it, teams
build rosters to support their Tour ambitions,
sponsorships come and go based on Tour
participation, and the bike industry uses the
Tour as a showcase for the latest and greatest
gear."
(bicycling.co.za) (Chris Auld)
July
17, 2019
Kruijswijk encouraged by Jumbo
Visma success.
"The
Dutchman believes he and his team have the
goods to challenge in the mountain stages that
loom."
(velonews.com) (Photo: Chris Graythen/Getty
Images)
July
17, 2019
Top Banana: Tour de France stage
11 - Emanuel Buchmann.
"While
Bora team-mate Peter Sagan grabs all the
headlines and public affection, Buchmann plugs
away quietly at the job in hand. You get the
feeling that’s how he likes it. We can’t all
be superstars. Some guys just want to race
their bikes. Fair enough."
(rouleur.cc) Photographs: Offside / l'Equipe
July
17, 2019
Delta Airlines eliminates
additional fees for checked bicycles.
"Perhaps
following the lead of competitor American
Airlines, Delta Airlines today announced that
it would be eliminating additional fees for
checked bicycles, effective immediately." (cyclingtips.com)
Photography by CyclingTips
July
17, 2019
Column
Three
Froome promoted to 2011 La Vuelta
winner.
"Reports
from Spain claim Chris Froome has been
declared winner of the 2011 Vuelta a España,
to give the 34-year-old his second Tour of
Spain grand tour victory. Froome was awarded
the win after suspended Spaniard cyclist Juan
José Cobo has been disqualified for doping." (sbs.com.au)
(Getty Images)
July
17, 2019
Quintana set for three-year deal
at Arkea Samsic.
"The
deal has not yet been ratified, and transfers
can only be made official after the UCI’s
transfer window open on August 1. However Cyclingnews
understands that the deal is near completion
with elements surrounding Quintana’s eventual
finishing place in this year’s Tour the only
outstanding topic to be completed." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
July
17, 2019
Jumbo Visma manager admits
interest in signing Kittel at Tour de France.
"Jumbo
Visma team manager Richard Plugge has
indicated that his team would be interested in
signing Marcel Kittel in comments to Dutch
television during the first rest day of the
Tour de France."
(cyclingnews.com) (Bettini Photo)
July
17, 2019
La Course by Le Tour de France
2019 - Preview.
"Maglia
rosa winner Annemiek van Vleuten, who won
back-to-back races last year, will line up in
an effort to win a third consecutive title at
La Course, but she faces a less-challenging
parcours, and one perhaps more suited to the
puncheurs of the peloton - someone like
Marianne Vos."
(cyclingnews.com) (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
July
17, 2019
Rohan Dennis will target the UCI
hour record.
"Dennis,
29, has not set an exact date for the attempt,
however he believes he will target the
challenge after the 2020 summer Olympics in
Tokyo."
(velonews.com) Rupert Guinness
July
17, 2019
Best Giro road cycling shoes 2019.
"Often
overlooked, cycling shoes are quite easily the
single most important piece of kit after the
helmet - after all, they represent one of only
three contact areas your body has with the
bike."
(cyclingnews.com) (Courtesy)
July
17, 2019
Book Review: One Way Ticket.
"Jonathan
Vaughters has written an autobiography that
covers his start in cycling, the rise up the
ranks and his move into team management. I’d
been looking forward to this book for some
time as there few books from senior team
managers."
(inrng.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
July
17, 2019
What exactly is Komoot? And why
should you be using it to plan your rides?
"In
a nutshell, Komoot is a route planning app and
website that helps you piece together
disparate roads, trails and everything in
between to connect multiple points in the
funnest possible way."
(bikerumor.com) Tyler Benedict
July
17, 2019
Column
One
July
16, 2019
Chaos, hangovers and suffering:
Riders reflect on their Tour de France debut.
"It’s
been a great July for Tour de France
debutants. Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Merida) and
Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) have ridden to
impressive stage victories. Giulio Ciccone
(Trek Segafredo) spent some well-earned time
in the yellow jersey."
(cyclingtips.com) (Photo: Cor Vos)
July
16, 2019
The evolution of Team Ineos: More
than just masters of the mountains.
"Though
they’re renowned and feared for the
stranglehold they can inflict with a fleet of
world class climbers in the mountains
strangling any potential opposition attacks,
there’s much more to Sky/Ineos than eight
walking watts per kilo machines."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July
16, 2019
Team Dimension Data to be
rebranded as Team NTT for 2020.
"Team
Dimension Data announced on the rest day of
the Tour de France that it will be known as
Team NTT next season. The South Africa based
team has been called Dimension Data since 2016
when it joined the WorldTour and was MTN
Qhubeka before that."
(cyclingmagazine.ca) Rob Sturney
July
16, 2019
Best Mavic road helmets 2019.
"With
a history spanning more than one hundred
years, Mavic knows a thing or two about
cycling components. The Annecy-based company
has recently expanded its reach and now
produces its own range of high-performance
helmets."
(cyclingnews.com) (Courtesy)
July
16, 2019
Where is Andy Schleck’s yellow
jersey? “It’s not hanging anywhere.”.
"Nine
years after his thrilling ride on the
Tourmalet, Andy Schleck sat down with Rupert
Guinness to talk about his career, his
retroactive Tour victory, and how he wants to
help the new generation of riders." (velonews.com)
Rupert Guinness
July
16, 2019
Column
Two
Team of the Week: Edizione
Speciale Giro Rosa!.
"Ah,
the Giro. Inconveniently timed, frustratingly
uncommunicative, stubbornly old school. Still,
while it’s the peloton’s sole chance to ride
some of the best climbs in Europe it’s the
only race in town. (The Tour, you say? TotW
doesn’t know what that is.)"
(podiumcafe.com) (Getty Images)
July
16, 2019
Is technology making cycling too
boring?
"With
all the technology stacked against them, the
six breakaway riders at the Tour de France had
no hope of making it to the finish without
being caught."
(cycling.today) (AP)
July
16, 2019
Five talking points from stage 10.
"Well,
we didn’t see that coming. What had been
shaping up to be an innocuous day in the
saddle for the GC race burst into life when
crosswinds helped initiate some major splits
in the peloton."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July
16, 2019
Geraint Thomas wary of Julian
Alaphilippe threat as Tour de France rolls on.
"The
Frenchman has led the race for six days and
has 1-12 minutes on 2018 winner Thomas in
second, 1-16 on Ineos team-mate Egan Bernal
and 1-27 minutes to Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo
Visma)."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo : Pool / L'EQUIPE /
SUNADA)
July
16, 2019
Fuglsang falls out of top 10
overall after race splits apart.
"The
Dane was far from the only GC hopeful to lose
time, as Thibaut Pinot (Groupama FDJ), Richie
Porte (Trek Segafredo) and EF Education
First's Rigoberto Uran also all dropped 1:40
to the likes of Geraint Thomas, Egan Bernal
(both Team Ineos), Romain Bardet (AG2R La
Mondiale) and Mitchelton Scott's Adam Yates." (cyclingnews.com)
(Bettini Photo)
July
16, 2019
Movistar ‘lucky’ not to have lost
more time at Tour de France, says Nairo
Quintana.
"Nairo
Quintana has said his Movistar team are
fortunate to be nearly halfway through the
Tour having lost as little time as they have,
despite Mikel Landa crashing at an inopportune
moment on stage 10 that saw him lose two
minutes."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Anne-Christine
Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images)
July
16, 2019
Adam Yates trying to stay out of
spotlight as first major Tour de France test
approaches.
"The
Briton now sits 1-47 minutes behind race
leader Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck Quick
Step) and importantly, only 35 seconds behind
2018 Tour victor Thomas."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
July
16, 2019
Tour de France pros on Strava: The
definitive list of who to follow.
"It's
the first Tour de France rest day at the time
of writing, and while the riders take a brief
chill pill we've had some time to take our
eyes off the TV to compile a list of every
rider with a Strava profile!"
(road.cc) (Jack Sexty)
July
16, 2019
FFWD claims two-spoke asymmetric
Falcon saves 9 watts, is ‘fastest wheel ever’.
"FFWD
came out with a big claim: that their new
two-spoke Falcon is the fastest wheel ever,
saving up to 9 watts over competitive front
wheels. Available in tubular or clincher and
rim or disc brake options, the UD carbon wheel
has a variable 48 - 90mm rim depth and a NACA
aerodynamic profile."
(bikerumor.com) Greg Kopecky
July
16, 2019
Column
Three
Questions raised over use of
ketone ‘miracle drink’ at Tour de France.
"Jumbo
Visma’s team boss Richard Plugge confirmed his
squad has been using ketones, a “miracle
drink” dietary supplement that aids recovery
for endurance athletes, during the Tour de
France 2019, where the Dutch team have so far
won four stages."
(cyclingweekly.com) (Photo by Jorge Luis
Alvarez Pupo/Getty Images)
July
16, 2019
July
16, 2019
Today at the Tour: After
crosswinds shuffle the deck, the peloton pauses.
"After
nine and half days of racing at the Tour de
France, the winds of change blew quite
literally on the peloton Monday, shaking up
the general classification just 35km before
the first rest day was set to begin." (cyclingtips.com)
Photography by Cor Vos; Gruber Images
July
16, 2019
Van Vleuten brings winning edge
back to La Course.
"Annemiek
van Vleuten (Mitchelton Scott) will line up as
the defending champion at La Course by Le Tour
de France on Friday in Pau, less than a week
after celebrating her second consecutive
victory at the Giro Rosa last Sunday." (cyclingnews.com)
(Getty Images)
July
16, 2019
Deceuninck Quick Step ride
electric road bikes on Tour de France rest day.
"Nearly
all of the riders from the race will head out
for a short training ride on rest days to keep
their legs turning over, with Deceuninck Quick
Step opting to train on the newly released
Specialized Creo electric road bike." (cyclingnews.com)
(Josh Evans)
July
16, 2019
Tales from the Tour: Riding the
rest day with Alaphilippe.
"Julian
Alaphilippe has lost his Michael Mørkøv.
Maximiliano Richeze, too. For the past
kilometer, he’s been riding along, one hand on
the bars, one wrapped around his phone,
texting, trying to find his missing
team-mates."
(cyclingtips.com) Photography by Russ Ellis
@cyclingimages / Specialized
July
16, 2019
Nippo Vini Fantini set to fold at
end of 2019.
"Italian
Pro Continental team Nippo Vini Fantini
Faizanè is set to fold at the end of the
current season, with upcoming WorldTour
reforms, the increased costs associated with
them, and the reduced chance of securing a
Giro d'Italia invite all cited as reasons for
the team's closure."
(cyclingnews.com) (Courtesy of
Polartec-Kometa)
July
16, 2019
In A Roundabout Way.
"Nobody
knows how many roundabouts there are in
France, only that their number has soared. The
image of the peloton parting like a school of
fish to navigate a roundabout has become a
staple televisual image and there sometimes
tactical features of the course." (inrng.com)
July
16, 2019
Helmet Roundup: New models from
Lazer, Thousand x Poketo, & Lumos.
"Whether
you’re racing or going out for a casual
cruise, you’re probably strapping a helmet on
before heading out the door. In this roundup,
we have a limited edition road helmet from
Lazer, stylish designs from Thousand and
Poketo, and an updated smart helmet from
Lumos."
(bikerumor.com) photo c. Lazer
July
16, 2019
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